Beam Splitter Floating Image Display for Shared Vehicle Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle entertainment systems lack the ability to provide a centrally located floating image viewable by all passengers, limiting the immersive and shared viewing experience.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising multiple displays, such as liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting diodes, holographic displays, or light field displays, paired with beam splitters that project and reflect graphic light images to create a floating image perceived centrally by all passengers within the vehicle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays and beam splitters are used to create a centrally located floating image, then the shared viewing experience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the viewing experience into multiple independent display channels, with each display and beam splitter combination serving a specific passenger. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while collectively achieving the shared central floating image experience for all passengers simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
Beam splitters are introduced as intermediary optical elements between the displays and passengers. These beam splitters redirect light paths to create the illusion of a centrally located floating image, mediating between the physical display locations and the perceived central image location without requiring direct line-of-sight from each passenger to each display.
2Ease of operation
If beam splitters are made transparent to allow passengers to see through them, then the ease of operation is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The beam splitters utilize optical properties including transparency and light reflection characteristics. By selecting transparent materials with specific optical coatings, the system allows passengers to see through the beam splitters while still achieving the necessary light reflection for image projection, balancing operational ease with manufacturing precision requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively generates a floating image that appears centrally located within the vehicle, enhancing the shared viewing experience and allowing passengers to perceive the same or different images based on display settings.
Implementation Method 1
each beam splitter adapted to receive a graphic light image from the associated one of the plurality of displays and to reflect the graphic light image to one of the plurality of passengers
Data Source
AI summary
A system for generating a centrally located floating image display for a plurality of passengers positioned within a vehicle includes a plurality of displays adapted to project a graphic light image, a plurality of beam splitters, one beam splitter individually associated with each one of the plurality of displays, each beam splitter adapted to receive a graphic light image from the associated one of the plurality of displays and to reflect the graphic light image to one of the plurality of passengers, wherein, each of the plurality of passengers perceives a floating image at a central location within the vehicle.